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Carvel is best known for its soft-serve ice cream and ice cream cakes, which feature a layer of distinctive "crunchies". It also sells a variety of novelty ice cream bars and ice cream sandwiches. Its slogan is "America's Freshest Ice Cream". Carvel operates a chain of 320 ice cream outlets spread across 19 states and Puerto Rico.
Tom Carvel (born Athanasios Karvelas (Greek: Ἀθανάσιος Καρβέλας; July 14, 1906 – October 21, 1990) was a Greek-born American businessman and entrepreneur known for the invention and promotion of soft-serve ice cream in the northeastern United States.
Bertie Carvel (born 1977), British actor; Elbert N. Carvel (1910–2005), American business and politician, governor of Delaware; Greg Carvel (born 1970), American ice hockey coach and former player; Tom Carvel (1906–1990), Greek-born American businessman and entrepreneur, founder of the ice cream company
Carvel was born in Marylebone, London, the son of a psychologist mother and John Carvel, a journalist.Carvel was educated at University College School, Hampstead. [2] He gained a first class honours degree in English at the University of Sussex, going on to win a place at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (his acting training was paid for via scholarships from The Wall Trust and the Sir John ...
Carvel built or carvel planking is a method of boat building in which hull planks are laid edge to edge and fastened to a robust frame, thereby forming a smooth surface. Traditionally the planks are neither attached to, nor slotted into, each other, having only a caulking sealant between the planks to keep water out.
Richard Carvel is a historical novel by the American novelist Winston Churchill. It was first published in 1899 and was exceptionally successful, selling around two million copies and making the author a rich man.
Carvel's Fudgie the Whale cake. Fudgie the Whale is a type of ice cream cake produced and sold by American ice-cream maker Carvel in its franchise stores. It was developed by Carvel in the 1970s as an expansion of its line of freshly made products, along with Hug Me the Bear and Cookie Puss.
Model of a Portuguese caravel, found in the Musée national de la Marine. The caravel (Portuguese: caravela, IPA: [kɐɾɐˈvɛlɐ]) is a small sailing ship that uses both lateen and square sails and was known for its agility and speed and its capacity for sailing windward ().